an officer holding the highest rank in the British and certain other armies
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ˈfield ˌmar•shal, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Militarya military officer of the highest rank, such as in the British army.
field′ mar′shal,
- Militaryan officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
- 1570–80
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'field marshal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alanbrooke
- Alexander
- Allenby
- Amherst
- Ayub Khan
- Barclay de Tolly
- Campbell
- FM
- French
- Goltz
- Göring
- Haig
- Hindenburg
- Keitel
- Kesselring
- Kitchener
- Kutuzov
- Mackensen
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force
- Moltke
- Montgomery
- Napier
- Oyama
- Radetzky
- Roberts
- Robertson
- Rommel
- Rundstedt
- Slim
- Suvorov
- Wavell
- Wolseley
- Yamagata
- admiral
- alexander
- blucher
- general
- goring
- kitchener
- marshal
- napier
- praline
- raglan